Fall in love with Wine & Oysters! Join us September 16 and 17 for our annual Wine & Oyster festival. The festival offers arts and crafts, local and international foods, craft distilleries, live music and a carshow. Learn more and buy tickets here!

2017 Wine & Oyster Festival

Learn more about the four generations of Lees that called Stratford their home. Read More

Generations of Courage

Take a closer look at our collections: find us on Facebook to see weekly highlights and explore our blog for more in-depth information. Read More

Collections & Research

Preservation

Find out about our ongoing preservation projects, including the newly restored Parlor, as we continue to preserve the past for future generations. Read More

Events & Programs

Join us on Saturday, September 30, 2017, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., for an interesting look at how and why plants are communicating with each other; cost: $12 adult, $7 child, group of 3 or more $7 each; pre-registration encouraged.

Join us on Saturday, October 7, from 10 a.m. to noon, for a container garden workshop with Dee King. Bring your favorite container! Cost is $45 per person and includes all materials (except large container of your choice). Pre-register by September 29.

Staff Blog

Join us on Saturday, October 21, for Stratford Hall’s first SquirreLee 5K & Fun Run!

Experience a day full of history while enjoying a beautiful run! At 9 a.m., a 1-mile fun run around the oval in front of the Great House will commence. At 9:30 a.m., a 5k will begin from the historic area to the cliffs overlooking the Potomac River. With your race entry, you will receive free admission to the Great House and the full scope of Stratford’s grounds. Click below for more information! ...

SquirreLee 5K & Fun Run

October 21, 2017, 9:00am - October 21, 2017, 12:00pm

Join us on Saturday, October 21, for Stratford Hall’s first SquirreLee 5K & Fun Run!
Experience a day full of history while enjoying a beautiful run! At 9 a.m., a 1-mile fun run around the oval in front of the Great House will commence. At 9:30 a.m., a 5k will begin from the historic area to the cliffs overlooking the Potomac River. With your race entry, you will receive free admission to the Great House and the full scope of Stratford’s grounds.
For more information or to register go to: runsignup.com/Race/VA/Stratford/StratfordHallsSquirreLee5KFunRun
Make your morning commute a short one and stay the night before at the Guest Houses at Stratford Hall! We are offering a 15% discount to all race participants. Dinner on Friday, October 20, will feature a pasta special! For information or to book your room call 804-493-1967.
This event is sponsored by the B. H. Baird Insurance Agency and Virginia Commonwealth Bank.

This week in Robert E. Lee History: General Lee writes from Petersburg to General Braxton Bragg, then acting as Jefferson Davis's military advisor in Richmond, about the Army of Northern Virginia's manpower shortages.

Lee told Bragg: "I cannot impress upon you too strongly the imperious necessity of getting all our men subject to military duty to the field."

Toward the end of his letter, Lee called upon authorities in Richmond to use African Americans in non-combat roles so that white troops could serve at the front. Lee also urged Confederate officials to institute a similar policy in North Carolina, where General William Whiting was defending Wilmington, the last major port open to the Confederacy.

Spotlight: Welcome Back Mr. Pitt

On the afternoon of July 21 we welcomed a new resident to Stratford’s Great House – William Pitt. Or more exactly, a hand-painted portrait copy of Mr. Pitt. Among Charles Carter Lee’s youthful recollections can be found a passage reflecting on the décor of the parlor and other rooms of Stratford: “…I recollect, among the fartherest back of my memories that I was carried on a visit…to ladies yet lingering in the house [Chantilly]; & that it was the first in which I saw papered rooms. read more